Originally posted by uaremyfayth:
My sister was approached by a modelling agency called New experience, and they asked intially for $1000 for a "professional portfolio" to be done, when my sister remarked that it was too expensive they offered her $500 claiming it to be for the priced charged on infants.
I told my sister not to join, but she wants a reason, apparently my sixth sense aint good enough for her.
I called up the agency to ask if the portfolio can be done elsewhere and produced for their reference, the china women who claim to be part time said she would get her boss to talk to me.
Yesterday, the boss called and i wasn't really pleased with the way he talked, kinda reminds me of typical ...oh nvm.
He claims to have been in the business for 20 years and has been on TV newspapers and interviews, he claims that nothing is free and doing the portfolio is compulsory, he claims that elsewhere the "professional portfolios" would set us back by thousand of dollars.
I told him i would consider first, to let my sister join or not.
Firstly, why did a china women picked up my call? And she cannot answer my questions.
Secondly, the boss has to contact me?
Thirdly, 20 years into the business you do not have a website? I tried searching online for any traces of New Experience, no luck.
Lastly, i suspect this is a SCAW (invert the W)
Any advice people?
The portfolio price range that i know of is from $50-$200+ only..
As my frens was being approached on the streets before..
1st) Since they asked for $1000, it's super Obvious it's a Gimmick.
2nd) They can't provide any Creditable References to back up their claim
3rd) If they are professional, they will not straight away reduce the price from $1000 to $500 immediately upon hearing the No intially.
4th) China Woman, it's not that i want to penalize China people or something, but if you look at the most recent Internet Scam (Hong Kong News featured in Channel 8 & U respectively and in Lian He Ri Bao, it's chinese people cheating people..
If they claim that it's a 20years old agency...than ask them to list out their Past -Top Models and the links that they have in Singapore..
Trust me, based on the passed to recent articles, there's more than enough gimmicks and similar scams all over the world that I know personally, if not via Newspapers...
Just think logically will do..
If you want to convince your sister, I'm okay with showing you the newspaper articles of all the passed scams in Sing Ming Ri Bao which I've cut out.
Just let me know.
Hope the above information helps..